Creative Activities in Occupational Therapy (REK_004)
About Study Course
Objective
The study course aims to prepare students to lead therapeutic, safe, and creative group sessions in occupational therapy practices, which includes planning, facilitating, evaluating, and documenting groups, as well as the ability to demonstrate the attitudes and behaviors necessary for group facilitation. The course aims to develop students' creative thinking and problem-solving skills, which are required in conducting therapeutic group sessions and working with individual clients.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in pediatry, psychiatry, neurology, psychology and conceptual praxis models.
Learning outcomes
1.Clarifies the importance of group work in occupational therapy practice, identifies advantages and limitations of group work, potential risks, and target audience for group lessons.
Lists the types of group work, recognizes and can name the structural elements of group work, and explains norms and rules in the group.
Differentiate group models and explain group dynamics, identify therapeutic factors in the group.
Clarifies the characteristics, skills, attitudes, and values necessary for an occupational therapist to be able to effectively manage group work.
Names and explains theories and therapeutic methods that can be applied in group work.
Names and describes the types of creative activities, explains them in a multicultural context, describes the importance of creative activities and creativity in occupational therapy, and the impact on the patient's/client's recovery.
Identifies and describes the steps of Design Thinking, and explains the possibilities of using the steps of Design Thinking in rehabilitation.
1.Creates documentation of therapeutic group work, sets goals and tasks, analyzes and evaluates group process and dynamics.
Justifies the use of creative activities in the occupational therapy process, compares the difficulty levels of the activities, foresees the necessary resources, and modifies the activities according to the needs of the patient/client.
Demonstrates the communication and facilitation skills necessary to facilitate a group.
Assesses the impact of creative activities on groups of patients/clients of different ages with functional disorders, using occupational therapy assessment methods.
Applies design thinking steps to evaluating problem situations and discovering solutions when working with individual patients/clients.
1.Organizes, leads, and evaluates therapeutic group sessions that are safe, focused, creative, and consistent with patient/client goals.
Adapts the environment, activities, methods, and facilitation style according to the needs of the group members.
Integrates knowledge and skills about theories and methods in the implementation of group work, and different target groups of patients/clients.
Offers solutions to complex problems developed based on the steps of Design Thinking.
